Tout 2011
Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Rava
२७६
TEYT 200
सारस  बाणिज्य काठी ना कबिष शकाण ।
আমার বাতুল-চেষ্টা লোকে উপহাস ॥ ২৯০ ॥
gupte rākhiha, kāhāṅ nā kario prakāśa āmāra bātula-cestā loke upahāsa
SYNONYMS
gupte —in secret;  rākhiha —keep;  kāhāṅ —anywhere;  nā —not;  kario —make;  prakāśa —exposure;  āmāra —My;  bātula -ceṣṭā—activities like a madman;  loke —among the general people;  upahāsa —laughter.
TRANSLATION
The Lord then requested Rāmānanda Rāya: “Keep all these talks a secret. Please do not expose them anywhere and everywhere. Since My activities appear to be like those of a madman, people may take them lightly and laugh.”
TEXT 2911
আমি—এক বাতুল, তুমি—দ্বিতীয় বাতুল।
অতএব তোমায় আমায় হই সমতুল ॥ ২৯১ ॥
āmi—eka bātula, tumi—dvitīya bātula ataeva tomāya āmāya ha-i sama-tula
SYNONYMS
āmi —l;  eka —one;  bātula —madman;  tumi —you;  dvitīya —second;  bātula —madman;  ataeva —therefore;  tomāya —you;  āmāya —Me;  ha-i —are;  sama-tula —on an equal level.
TRANSLATION
Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “Indeed, I am a madman, and you are also a madman. Therefore both of us are on the same platform.”
PURPORT
All these conversations between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appear ludicrous to a common man who is not a devotee. The entire world is filled with material conceptions, and people are unable to understand these conversations due to the conditioning of mundane philosophy. Those who